Display-cover for barrels



(No Model.)

0. P. (JOY. DISPLAY COVER FOR BARRELS, &c.

No. 600,574. Patented Mar. 15,1898.

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COMMODORE PERRY (JOY, OF FORT VAYNE, INDIANA.

DISPLAY-COVER FOR BARRELS, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,574, dated March 15, 1898.

Application filed May 15, 1897. Serial No. 636,647. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, COMMODORE PERRY COY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Display-Cover for Barrels and other Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display-covers for barrels, pails, and other like vessels.

The objects of the invention are to improve the general construction of these devices,and to provide means whereby the contents of the vessel may be inspected without removing the cover, and also to provide means whereby the contents of the vessel may be preserved in their natural state and prevented from drying out or getting hard.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of the several details of construction and combination of parts,as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved cover. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the cover in position on the vessel, the latter being partly broken away.

Similar reference-numerals indicate sirnilar parts in the several figures.

1 indicates the vessel,and 2 the cover,which consists of two sections 3 and 4. The section 3 is somewhat larger than the other section, and the two sections are hinged together, as indicated at 5. A strip of felt 6 is secured between the abutting edges of the two sections in order to make a practically air-tight joint, and a strip of felt 7 is secured to the under face of the cover entirely around it, which strip is adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the vessel to which the cover is secured. The smaller section 4 of the cover is provided with an opening in which is seated a perforated cup 8, which may be of any suitable material, either metal or glass, and this cup projects within the vessel and is adapted to receive a wet sponge or other similar article adapted to hold water and maintain a moist condition for a considerable length of time. The object of providing this perforated cup and the saturated sponge is to provide a sufficient quantity of moisture for the contents of the vessel to preserve them in their natural state and prevent their drying up or becoming hard. The cup is provided with a cover 9, and this cover has an ear 10, by means of which it is pivoted to the section 4 to swing into or out of position relative to the cup, and to facilitate the movement of the cover it is provided with a finger-slot 11.

12 indicates a lever which is provided with a lug 12 to serve as a finger-hold. This lever is pivoted intermediate its ends on a pin 13, which is secured in the section 4 of the cover. The pivotal point is, however, much nearer to oneend of the lever than to the other. This lever is provided with a laterally-extending perforated ear 14, and a perforation 15 is formed in the end of the short arm of the lever.

16 indicates the locking-pins, which are pointed at their outer ends and pivotally secured at their inner ends in the perforation 15 and the perforation in the ear 14. These locking-pins extend in opposite directions, and their outer ends are supported and guided by the screw-eyes 17, which latter are secured in the section 4 of the cover.

The common plane of the vertical axes of the pivotal connections of the locking-pins to the lever is to one side of the plane of the vertical axis of the pivot-pin 13, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and when the outer ends of the pins are forced into the vessel and the lever is turned to the extreme limit of its movement the pressure of the locking-pins on the lever will lock the latter in its closed position, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. In order to disengage the locking-pins, the lever is pulled forward to the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, when the cover may be entirely removed from the vessel.

18 indicates a stop-pin which is secured in the section 4 of the cover, and this pin is adapted to be engaged by the recesses 19 and 20, which are formed in the lever, to limit the movement of the latter in either direction.

21 indicates a plate of glass which is secured in the section 3 of the cover and is for the purpose of permitting an inspection of the contents of the vessel without lifting the cover.

22 indicates a spring which is secured at its respective ends to the sections 3 and 4, and the normal tendency of this spring is to hold the movable section 3 in close contact with the upper edge of the vessel to which the cover is attached.

These covers will be made of different sizes adapted for different-sized vessels, and they I or other vessels, consisting of two sections hinged together and adapted to be supported upon the upper edge of the vessel, a lever pivoted on the under face of one of the sections, locking-pins pivotally connected to said lever on opposite sides of the pivot of the lever, the common plane of the vertical axes of the pivots on the locking-pins being to one side of the vertical axis of the pivot of the lever, a

stop-pin secured to the cover, and recesses formed in the lever adapted to be engaged with the stop-pin to limit the movement of the lever in either direction, substantially as described.

2. A detachable cover for barrels or other vessels, consisting of two sections hinged together, a strip of felt or similar packing material secured between the abutting edges of the two sections, a strip of felt secured to the under face of the cover entirely around its edge and adapted to engage the upper edge of the vessel to which the cover is attached, means to lock one of the sections to the vessel, a spring connected to the two sections to normally hold the movable section in engagement with the vessel, a perforated cup secured in the fiXed section and projecting into the vessel, and a pivoted cover for said cup, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

COMMODORE PERRY OOY.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. CoY, GEO. H. VIBERG. 

